The engineering team at Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Durham, N.C., have developed a new way to convert small temperature differences into electricity using sold-state-thin-film technology. This new technology, dubbed Thermobility, will let...

A super-efficient boost charger for nano (ultra-low) power energy harvesting targets power sources such as solar, thermal electric, electromagnetic and vibration. Besides managing power these devices generate, the chip also stores the extracted...

The 2011 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), to be held December 5-7 in Washington, D.C., will include a major emphasis on circuit-device interaction, energy-harvesting and power devices, and biomedical devices. IEDM is considered...

You can add nanocomposites to the list of materials that will turn heat into electricity. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be describing their work in thermoelectric generators based on nanocomposites at the upcoming...

Energy harvesters will be a $0.7Bn business this year, with several hundred developers involved throughout the value chain. So says the market research firm IDTechEx in a recent study of the various categories of equipment that go into capturing...

Designers are attracted to energy harvesting solutions that eliminate the need to run power cables to remote locations and to eliminate the need for frequent battery replacement. To be effective, these energy harvesting systems need components...